Even though the Covid-19 positive cases are slightly declining, the State registered the highest single-day 52 deaths on Monday. With this, the total toll mounted to 4,248.
The maximum nine casualties were reported in Khordha district followed by five each in Ganjam, Kalahandi and Puri, four in Kendrapada, two each in Cuttack, Kandhamal and Mayurbhanj and one each in Bhadrak, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Nayagarh, Nuapada and Sambalpur.
A total of 74,740 samples had been tested in the State in last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 3.75 per cent. Another 2,803 people tested positive for the virus in last 24 hours, with which the total tally rose to 9,24,699 in the State.Out of the new cases, 1,597 were from quarantine and 1,206 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 475 cases followed by Cuttack with 441, Mayurbhanj 193, Baleswar 155, Puri 154, Jajpur 153, Bhadrak 131, Kendrapada 119, Jagatsinghpur 117 and Nayagarh 115.
The districts which recorded below-100 cases were Angul 97, Dhenkanal 67, Koraput 65, Keonjhar 64, Sundargarh 62, Malkangiri 55, Rayagada 54, Sambalpur 32, Boudh 21, Ganjam and Kandhamal 20 each, Subarnapur 18, Bargarh 17, Kalahandi and Nabarangpur 15 each, Gajapati 10, Deogarh nine, Nuapada eight, Jharsuguda seven and Balangir three.Besides, 91 cases were reported from the State pool.However, another 3,326 patients recovered in the day, increasing the total recoveries to 8,94,104